Iconic Cleaning Products That Have Stood the Test of Time

Odds are your mother and your mother's mother used these cleaners — and we're still stocking our cleaning cabinet with them today!

Arm & Hammer Baking Soda

First developed in 1846 by two brothers-in-law living in Massachusetts, this "bicarbonate of soda" was first sold in paper bags packed by hand. (Did you know that it's actually mined from the ground? The largest natron deposit  the source of baking soda  in the U.S. is found in Wyoming.) Due to its growing popularity (and not just as a leavening agent for baking), Church & Dwight Company was consolidated and the baking soda was trademarked under the brand name "Arm & Hammer." Nowadays, of course, we use it for everything from deodorizing fridges to getting stains out of fabrics to cleaning teeth.

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